Binding-clip for packages.



, 0. D. KEEPS. BINDING CLIP POI-l PACKAGES.

LPPLIOATNI TILED I43. 1, 1908. v 916,723. r Patented M81230, 1909.

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CHARLES D. KEEPS, OF tHICAGO, 'J'LLINOIS, ASSIGNOR Oi QNE-HALF TO WILLIAM B. KEEPS,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BINDINGCLIP FOB PACKAGES.

' Specification. of Letters Patnt.

Patented March 30, 1909.

Application filed much 7, 1908. Serial No. 419322.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. liners, a citizen of the United States, and a resident oi thieago, (Took county, lilinois, ha re invented cert in new and useful Improvements in Bint'iing-tlips for Packages; and I do hereby declare t-h the following is afull, clear, and exact desc p o'u of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference thereon, which form a partof this specificzition.

The object of my invention is to aiford a.

nckage tying clip having a. string or cord attached thereto and adapted for use any number of times in quickly securing packages of letters, mail matter or any other material without the necessity of tying or in any manner injuring or destroying the string when removing and enabling the same string to be used indefinitely.

It is also an object of my in-"ention to atford a resilient clip adapted when in use to exert considerable tension upon the cord to kee the same tight. I

reinvention consists in the mat tors hereinafter described and more fully pointed out and definet'l in the n )pended claims.

In the drawings: i igure 1 is a perspective View of a package, shown in dotted lines, in which a clip and cord embodying my inven tion are shown in full lines. Fig. 2 is a face. View of the ch 1 with the cord detached. Fig. 3 is an en urged side elevation of the grip for engaging 'the otherwise free end of the cord. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of the glipping end of the clip.

As shown in the drawings: the cli p is constructed of a piece of wire bent or shaped a ppreximately to :1 diamond shape with the ends A--A free and spread some. distance :1 art. At each angle and at each extremity oi the clip are provided means for detnclmbly engaging a cord. The wire forming said clip, if wire be used, is provided at the end A with a book a, directed inwardly or toward the op site end of the clip. At. the udja cntangle m said clip is provided an upwardly and inwardly directed book a, and at the extremity of the clip ommsite to the free ends A A is provided the upwardly and obliquely inwardly directed book a, which is dire ted toward the hook a. O )posito the hook u. is a. con-es nding inwardly and upwardly directet hook 41. The end A of the baror rod skis provided with a hook a, directed toward the hook o at the opposite end or" the clip.

The end of the bar or wire having formed said hook is directed downwardly in a plane with the bottom of the clip and laterally alfording a lower clamping member 15, and is. then bent to atl'ord a loop returning to the hook a and then upwardly and laterally tifior-zling a tongue I) lying over the clamping member B, and ull'ording a coinplcmcntnl gripping member.

permanently secured to the book a, and the. clip having been laid on the package to be secured thereby, the cord is now carriedunder and around the package and engaged in the hook (1. on the opposite side of ,theclip. It is then returned nround the package and passed through the book a, and through the.

00k 0 as shownin Fig. I. The, cord is then drawn longitudinally around the package and drawn from the outer side. into the loop a, and laterally and into and around the. hook (I. and thence bet ween the complemental {uws B b,'whieli firmly clamp the end in place desired to open the. package.

Obviously it is not essential that. the hooks be arranged exactly as described and details of construction may be varied -within the scope of the appended ciaims without dcparting from the principles oi my invention.

1. claim as my invention:

l. A clip of the. class described comprising a. metallic member having oppositely disposed, truusvorscly directed hooks integral therewith, hooks directed longitudinally of the clip, one of said hooksdirected toward one. of the transverse. books, a cord engaged to said clip adapted to he engaged in the hooks successively when drawn around a package and integral gripping means on the clip adjacent. one of the hooks for engaging the o her iso l re-c end of the cord.

2. A clip constructed of hire having free ends, a. hook formed at each l'rm end of the 'ire direcled longitudinall of the clip, a clamp formed at one free end of the. ire and directed trnnsvtn'sely of the adjacent hook, hooks l'orin'od by tho wire centrally of the clip and oppositcly disposed and a. hook formed by the wire opposite the books at the free ends thereof I I Z 3. A dcviceol' tho'class descrilmd embracing a resilient substantially t multilateral clip ha viug oppositely arranged hooks thereon one end 0 of a cord is tied or otherwise mt permit the some to be released when it is through iiw hooks with he endsecured at 1L pilll'ztiiil) of hooks formed between said and free ends, a cord engaged to the clip and snceesmvely dum'n :u'emid ihe package and the nfhem'ise free ends of he clip.

4. ice of the class described embrac-f ing :1. resilient, siihstzmtiulh' quadrilaterz'i-i clip cnllS -l'ilfiuii of it rod or wire and having i pposiiciv arranged hunks ur loops (hereon, i1 (OI-Li engaged iu the clip and adapted to he. sum 'eiy drawn around the package and 1 ihmugh i'he. hooks and attached at its herhmliy free end zit the resilient end of the clip.

A eiip constructed ()1 & :ie formed Lt one end 'u) provide a hook and wanting jaws,

heel; and the opposite end oi the wire, two 01' said hooks eppositely disposed and di-' reeied niwzirdiy and a hook iormed at the rhmnhiis, a heck :Lteach corner of the rhomhie clip, a hook at each end of the wire and enacting jaws integral with and outside 01 the clip. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of ewe suh- 3Q scribing witnesses.

I CHARLES D. KEEPS.

Witnesses:

Ciunuzs \V. HILLS, K. E. HANxAi-i. 

